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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN1I_more-than-meets-the-eye_Hillsboro-WV.html
From here you can see much of the Highland Scenic Highway and the Williams River Valley. The Monongahela National Forest was established in 1920 to protect mountain watersheds and to reduce flooding in far away cities. The forest is a protective s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZX_edray_Marlinton-WV.html
Site of early settlement and fort of Thomas Drinnon. Scene of attacks by Indians in 1774 and 1778. To the east, on the land of Jacob Warwick, stood Fort Clover Lick, garrisoned during the Revolutionary War by Augusta County militia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZM_marlinton_Marlinton-WV.html
(Front):The old Seneca Indian Trail from New York to Georgia may be seen at this point. During the French and Indian War, 18 settlers lost lives in vicinity. During Indian raids in 1779, 13 were killed and many were taken captive.
(Back):Settle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZJ_cranberry-glades_Hillsboro-WV.html
The Cranberry Glades are the naturalist's paradise. In a great natural bowl in nearby mountains, 4000 ft. high, is a misplaced tract of Arctic tundra in southern mountains. Here is found reindeer moss and other rare plants.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZI_lieut-henry-bender_Renick-WV.html
Commanded Co.F. in the last charge that the 10th W.Va. Vol. Inft. made that broke the Confederate line at the bloody angle, where so many of the brave men of both armies fell, November 6th, 1863.
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This marks the spot where John D. Baxter, Orderly Sergeant, Co. F, 10th W.Va. Inft. Fell inside the Confederate line leading the last charge, November 6th, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZG_the-battle-at-droop-mountain_Renick-WV.html
Nearly five months after West Virginia was admitted into the Union, the Confederate army of Brigadier General John Echols still occupied the prosperous Greenbrier Valley region of the new state. From its headquarters in Lewisburg, his army was the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZE_23rd-battalion-virginia-infantry_Renick-WV.html
First stationed across the highway and on the extreme right of the Confederate line, the 23rd Battalion was later moved to support the 19th Va. Cavalry on the left flank. After an initial charge that temporarily halted the Federal advance, the 23r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZD_3rd-west-virginia-mounted-infantry_Hillsboro-WV.html
The men of the 3rd WV fought their way up this ravine extending their line of battle along the mountainside until they joined with the 28th Ohio. Upon reaching the top, they helped break the Confederate line and pursued the defeated army south tow…
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From this deep ravine, the 2nd WV battled its way to the mountaintop and was actively engaged in the fighting here at the Confederate center. Lieutenant J. B. Smith, the youngest officer in the regiment, was the first Federal soldier inside the br…